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Eighth Luxembourg Architecture Award

On Thursday, 12 December 2019, LUCA (Luxembourg Center for Architecture) presented its eighth Luxembourg Architecture Award (LAA). A total of 44 projects made it through to the finals, and the City is proud to announce that three projects for which it is project owner received awards at the official ceremony.

The winner in the Civil Engineering Structures category was the Pont Adolphe passageway by CBA Christian Bauer & Associés Architectes.

Also in the Civil Engineering Structures category, the Ban de Gasperich water tower by Jim Clemes Associates had also been nominated for the prize.

Also of note was the Luxexpo – Place de l'Étoile tramway project, which won first prize in the Landscape Architecture & Outdoor/Public Spaces category. The project was submitted by the temporary partnership, Etram (Egis, Paul Wurth S.A., Felgen & Associés Engineering S.A., Beng Architectes Associés, atelier VILLES & PAYSAGES, Luxplan S.A.), and the project owner, Luxtram S.A., is a company in which the City is a shareholder.

All of the submitted projects were evaluated based on the criteria of architectural significance and identity, functionality and quality of concept, as well as use of space and relationship with their environment (outdoor spaces, landscapes, streets, etc.).

About the 2019 Luxembourg Architecture Award

Launched in 1995, the LAA is awarded to works and projects by architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, urban planners and project owners with the aim of promoting and encouraging professional creativity and excellence in architecture in Luxembourg. To be eligible for consideration for this year's award, every work and project had to be located in the Grand Duchy and to have been built between 1 September 2015 and 16 October 2019.

A total of 173 projects by more than 70 firms were submitted in response to the call for proposals, and an independent jury made up of professionals and experts from Luxembourg and other European countries met in early November to choose the finalists and winners in the five LAA categories: